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Mijaín Lopez: The Cuban hero of the Paris Olympics who loves Fidel Castro

Originally published: In Defense of Communism on August 13, 2024 by Nikos Mottas (more by In Defense of Communism) | (Posted Aug 14, 2024)

The hero of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games isn’t Tom Cruise, Armand Duplantis or Novak Djokovic. The hero is Cuban and his name is Mijaín Lopez.
Did a wrestler’s battle against sexual harassment in Indian sports cost her an Olympic medal?

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on August 9, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

Disqualified after becoming first Indian women wrestler to enter the finals in Olympics, Phogat along with her colleagues have been waging a protracted battle against the sexual harassment in country’s wrestling federation